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84 THE BURGUNDIAN CODE pledge, but only on the condition that the husband for whose debt property of the wife has been pledged absolve himself as a guarantor (oathtaker), and restore the property of his wife which has been pledged. XCVII OF HOUNDS (Canes Veltraui), HUNTING DOGS (Segutii), OR RUNNING DOGS (Petrunculi). I If anyone shall presume to steal a hound, or a hunting dog, or a r u ~ i n g dog, we order that he be compelled to kiss the posterior of that dog publicly in the presence (in conventu) of all the people , or let him be compelled to pay five solidi to him whose dog he took, and a fine of two solidi. XCVIII If anyone presumes to steal another's falcon, either let the falcon eat six ounces of meat from his breast (super testones),' or if he does not wish, let him be compelled to pay six solidi to the owner of the falcon; moreover, let the fine be two solidi. 1 These are specialized terms applied to various types of hunting dogs and are very difficult to translate because of their obscure nature as descriptive terms. For canes ueltraui (ueltris, ueltrahw) which seems to mean some kind of hound, cf. DuCan e, op, cit., 11,95. For segutii (segdus,seugiw, seucis) which means a dog w%ich follows the spoor (Latihuntor spurihunt),cf. ibid., 1 1 , 95. For petrunculi (petronius)which means some kind of dog with heavy pads on its feet so that it can run across stones or rough ground, cf. ibid., 11, 95. 1 There is a good deal of dispute about the expression super testones. That given here, "from his breast," seems most enerally accepted. For various other interpretations of this law, cf. DavouBO hlou op. cit., I, 414, n 1 ; and also cf. Jacob Grimm, Deu:sche Rechts-Afterthbmer, p. 890 Another suggestion has been made by J. Battista of the Rice Institute, that testones might be an augmentative form of testa, "head," and might mean something like the modern Italian testuna, "big head." Thus the law might suggest that the falcon be allowed to eat the meat from (placed upon?) the thief's head. ...

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